TEST BANK: HARDWARE AND DIGITAL SECURITY

Grace is assembling her new computer and is looking at the system unit. She wonders what is actually inside the system unit. The system unit contains ______.

• The ports necessary to connect and use peripheral devices

• The motherboard, hard drive, and other electronic components

• A listing of a system's hardware and software components

• The means by which hardware components communicate

Noah buys a new plug-and-play printer and connects it to his computer. The printer begins functioning properly as soon as he connects it. Is this expected behavior for a plug-and-play device?

• True

• False

Olivia is setting up her new home office and wants to make sure her computer and other electronic devices are safe from unexpected electrical issues. She decides to use a surge suppressor to ______.

• Create temporary virtual storage to extend the capabilities of RAM

• Control data processing operations to avoid bottlenecking

• Protect hardware from extreme temperatures

• Prevent power fluctuations from damaging electronic components

Michael is assembling a computer and wants to understand what the ALU inside the processor actually does. The ALU performs ______.

• Timed operations according to the system clock

• Arithmetic, comparison, and other operations

• Each step in the machine cycle one at a time

• Liquid cooling techniques to avoid the processor overheating

Amy is setting up a new home office and needs to choose a computer platform. What question relates to this decision?

• Should I get a desktop or laptop?

• Do I want to use Windows or macOS?

• How much data and information do I need to store?

• What peripheral devices do I need?

Ethan is building his own computer and wants to know which specification tells him how fast the processor can execute instructions. Which of the following should he look at?

• Clock speed

• Pacer

• Velocity

• Bus width

Aiden is shopping for a new computer and learns that an SSD is a hard drive without moving parts and is faster and more durable than magnetic drives. Is this true?

• True

• False

While working on her computer, Lily notices that during the executing phase of the machine cycle, the program, application instruction, or data item is obtained from memory.

• True

• False

Abigail is learning about computers in her technology class. Her teacher asks her, "What is the primary responsibility of a CPU in a computer?" The primary responsibility of a CPU is to ______.

• Convert input into output

• Manage how the computer processes instructions

• Determine which memory type is used to store data

• Store a computer's internal hardware

Ava is working on her computer, and she notices that some data is stored next to the processor so that it can easily and quickly be retrieved. Is this what a processor cache does?

• True

• False